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Whats happening in Brisbane this week

Heyo folks! Hope the weather is keeping you cheery and ready for the marvel of a long weekend that’s about to grace us with its presence in a few days. In the meantime here’s what the hap is in Bris this week.

Thursday 28th

Get loud and ludicrous before the weekend even hits as Adelaide 4-piece Larsen bring their Soho-esk grunge to The Milk Factory for their first ever national tour celebrating the release of their album “Weightless Again”. Supported by local lads The Peirce Brosnans and Electric Zebra, this is a school night worth losing some sleep for Larsen

Friday 29th

Friday night sees Black Bear Lodge playing host to a double headliner from Brisbane locals Some Jerks and Thigh Master. With both bands releasing debut albums last year, they’ve joined forces to create a night of alternative garage rock.

Saturday 30th

I hope you start your Saturday with a lil snooze because its full of bangers for all of your desired soundwaves. If you’re after some truthful lyricism sailing over the top of overdriven guitars, Brisbane four-piece rock outfit Young Lions have got your back, playing The Foundry as well as a sneaky all ages show at yours truly Foundry Records, for the recent release of their album “Mr Spaceman”.

The Triffid is playing host to the Third Annual Newstead Roots Festival which is happening 1pm-1am, allowing for the weekend party festivities to really get started early. With an eclectic bunch of acts there’s something for everyone, from the acoustic driven angelic vocals of Angharad Drake to the “world fuelled rebellious surf rock” that is Caravãna Sun.

If you’re weekend is screaming “Warehouse party!” then we’ve got you covered with Psych Night VII. The gents behind psych rock Magenta Voyeur have been running these warehouse gigs for a couple of years now and there’s no disappointment. With a stellar lineup of psychedelic funk groovers, byo booties for boogying are essential.

And last but not least, one of our favourite drinking holes in West End is turning six! The End, proud supporter of all things rainbow, delicious and musical, are hosting a fab lineup of artists including our beautiful bris-pop boy Jeremy Neale (solo).

So all in all, there’s a bunch of beaut gigs to get your booties too this long weekend. Enjoy the vibes, the sunshine and rad tunage.

Do the post Bigsound blues have you down Brisbane?

So if the shenanigans of Bigsound last week have left you lost and longing for more dope tunes to sink your ear holes into we’ve got a list of some stellar acts
that are gracing Fortitude Valley with their tunes this week.

What’s happening on Thursday!

If you didn’t manage to catch bluesman Karl S Williams at Bigsound last week then you’re in for a treat, as he’ll be hitting The Bearded Lady this Thursday
night (14 th Sept). Or if you’re craving some classic guitar driven grooves to get you through the rest of your work week, then Melbourne rockers The Cherry Dolls have got your back with a tasty line up at Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall as part of their recent LP release ‘Viva Los Dolls.’

What’s happening on Friday!

Heya Bar is turning up in your Friday night as the dudes and dudette from Chakra Efendi celebrate the fresh release of their new single “Don’t Go” with mates Wolver. Also, Mucho-Bravado babes I Know Leopard (SYD) are bringing their synth-pop prowess to Black Bear Lodge this Friday night supported by our very own dream pop beauty BANFF.

What’s happening on The Weekend!

And if this wasn’t enough, this Saturday at The Zoo, eclectic beauties Boss Moxi are performing a spesh 70 minute set of their full length sophomore album “Egotoxin” which is set to be released early next year. With supports by QUAZI, Valtozash and Julia R. Anderson, it’s sure to be an evening of feels.

It’s a team favourite at Foundry Records, and whether you’re a hip hop head or not, the record hits home with tracks like January 26 calling to arms those in support of changing the date of Australia Day, and the whole album forcing us all to take a hard look at relations of Australians of all colours. Beyond the strong and necessary message that creates the foundations of this album, there is a level of playfulness as these two veteran wordsmiths take us on a 12 track lyrical journey using truth, humour and rhythm.

It’s our album of the week thanks to its hard hitting lyrics, head bopping beats and because any lyric, beat or voice that says racism sucks deserves a helluva lot of attention, for months, and years after it’s release.

Your new local dealers in caffeine and vinyl have been busy beautifying your Foundry Records Store over the past few weeks, giving it the TLC both the store and you deserve.

Our doors are open, and now, so our are our vinyl cases! We just got our first shipment of vinyl in the store so now you can enjoy a great cup of specialty coffee, and enjoy that caffeine comedown with your favourite record when you get home.

We’re all about inclusivity, so we’ve tried to make sure we’re representing the best of the best of music from the past and present. We’ve got Bob Marley’s Greatest Hits, Vera Blue’s incredible new record, the entire Kendrick Lamar catalogue, NWA (werd), The Beatles, London Grammar and more to suppress your vinyl cravings until the next batch hits the shop.

So yeah, we had a cool little all-ages matinee instore show featuring California’s neo-punk duo The Garden. Sooo much fun. Thanks to everyone who came along, and big thanks to Wyatt and Fletcher for coming along and hanging out with us for the afternoon.

We had such an ace time yesterday with The Garden’s ticketed all-ages show here that we’ve decided to do a show or 2 every week! We are delighted to be kicking off the first of our weekend matinee all-ages shows next Sunday with Nathan John Kearney’s EP launch. He’s donating the proceeds of the gig to 4zZz’s Foundry Studio Setup costs. Yay! We’re always up for supporting community radio whenever we can.

Nathan John Kearney – Minimal Animal(Lesstalk Records/GAOmusic)
Minimal Animal was conceived of on Saturday Night and recorded on Sunday.
Artwork was finished by Monday and the masters by Thursday.
All for a Friday release.

It’s an exercise in limitations with Kearney’s vocal and finger-style guitar the sole sources of sound (except for two songs which feature Lindsay Roser of Virginia Sook singing in duet-mode) and will appeal to fans of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska or Elliott Smith’s early releases.

Minimal Animal is a co-release between Nathan’s newly established GAOmusic and the cult anti-pop label Lesstalk Records who’ve recently released albums by Jess Locke and Carb on Carb.

228 WICKHAM ST, FORTITUDE VALLEY, BRISBANEFRIDAY 25th SEPT$10 Tickets available at the door | 4PM*This is an all-ages show but all under 18’s MUST be accompanied by a guardian over 18.West Coast neo-punk twins, moonlighting models and provocateurs, The Garden are heading to Australia for an East Coast tour and Sounds of The Suburbs appearance!The Garden represent a new, youthful punk scene of the West Coast, with their DIY principles, thrift store-come glam-come 50s housewife fashion style and a list of pick‘n’ mix influences that stretch far beyond The Minutemen. Their minimalistic twopiece bass and drums essence is dirty, raw and immediate. They strip away everything unnecessary about modern punk and get straight to the heart of it.Fact is, The Garden don’t give a damn what you think, they’ve been conceptualising their own style since well before the formation of the band in 2011. The constantly evolving duo from Orange County, Calif consistently defying genre and categorization, so much so, that they created their own term Vada-Vada* to define their sound and escape being pigeonholed.With four releases up their sleeve; three EPs and their debut album ‘The Life And Times Of A Paperclip’ via Burger Records in 2012, the duo have become known for their fast, simplistic, and heavy style. On their debut, they tear through 16 tracks in about the same about of time, with zero time to take a breath.

The duo, not only have captured the attention of the punk scene, but by way of Saint Laurent and creative director, Hedi Slimane. The fashion powerhouse recently paid big bucks to fly these two punks to Paris for Fashion Week, so touring scoundrels Bone Soup thought, “to hell with it, we’ll bring them to Australia”.

The Garden’s shows are experiential and powerful. Arresting a sense of urgency, they throw you heavily into into their parallel world of vada-vada. The duo seduces their audience onto a carnival ride of sound and movement that stops as abruptly as it starts; a close approximation of The Garden experience.